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Yves Roy is SECOR's new Chief Executive Officer

MONTREAL, April 5 /CNW Telbec/ - The Board of Directors at SECOR has
announced the appointment of Mr. Yves Roy as Chief Executive Officer. For
25 years Mr. Roy was with Mercer Consulting Group where he held the title of
Executive Vice-President. Mr. Roy will take over as CEO of SECOR from
Marcel Côté. Marcel will remain as an active partner focusing on the
consulting practice.
"Yves Roy is joining a fast-growing firm whose current success springs
from the involvement of a dynamic team working together on our markets and on
our internal management. At a time when SECOR is undertaking a major
diversification of its outreach in the United States and Europe, Yves brings a
rich experience in consulting services management in a variety of contexts,
practices and countries. At Mercer, Yves clearly demonstrated his development
skills, as much through internal growth as through acquisitions. His skills in
team leadership will give fresh impetus to SECOR's growth," said Marcel Côté,
one of SECOR's founding partners.
Mr. Roy stated that he was thrilled to be part of such a highly competent
team of men and women: "I am really enthusiastic about being able to
contribute my efforts and experience to SECOR, a company that I have admired
for a long time and a company that has enormous growth potential. SECOR has
given me the opportunity to continue growing in my activity of choice, that of
consulting."
The selection of Mr. Roy is the result of a process that began in the
spring of 2006, when Marcel Côté announced his intention to relinquish the
position of CEO in 2007, while carrying on as a partner in the firm. Yves Roy
will commence his duties on June 1, 2007.
Mr. Roy earned an undergraduate degree in actuarial studies at the
Université Laval, before pursuing graduate studies at the Wharton School of
Business of the University of Pennsylvania. Yves joined Mercer Human Resources
Consulting in 1981. He managed Mercer's activities first in Montreal and then
in Eastern Canada, before taking charge of the firm's South American
operations from 1993 to 1996. He then managed Mercer's US outsourcing services
from Chicago. In 1998, he took over the European operations of Mercer Human
Resources. He returned to the firm's New York headquarters in 2000 where he
directed the world-wide operations of several business units as Executive
Vice-President and member of the Steering Committee. From 1997 to 2005, Yves
Roy was also a member of the Board of Directors of Mercer Consulting Group. He
left Mercer in 2005. More recently, Mr. Roy has been working with private
investors.
SECOR is Canada's largest independent consulting firm in strategy and
organization. SECOR has been coaching executive management teams in making and
implementing strategic decisions for over 30 years. SECOR has offices in
Montreal, Toronto and Paris and opening in New York.